to give someone a particular job or responsibility to do
The manager assigned each volunteer a role at the charity event.
Our teacher will assign a science project tomorrow.
✦ Middle English “assignen”, from Old French “assigner”, from Latin “assignare” (mark out, allot), from “ad-” (to) + “signare” (to mark).
to designate a particular place, number, or resource for someone’s use
The airline assigned me seat 12A.
Each student was assigned a locker for the year.
to legally transfer the ownership of rights or property to another person
The inventor assigned his patent to the company.
She assigned her copyright to the publisher.
